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Pacific Collections Access Project closed this weekend
Monday, 5 August 2019, 3:19 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Since 2016, more than 5600 Pacific taonga have been shared with 13 Pacific communities as a part of Auckland Museum’s Pacific Collections Access Project (PCAP), which came to a close over the weekend. More >>
Anzac Day: Thursday 25 April
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 2:46 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Join us this Anzac Day for a day of commemorative services, tours, music and poetry. After the Anzac Day services, visit our commemorative galleries for your own personal reflections and to discover more about New Zealand’s history and involvement in ... More >>
Are We There Yet? goes into classrooms
Thursday, 11 October 2018, 3:39 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum, in collaboration with School Kit , has received further funding for creating additional Discovery Kits based around the exhibition Are We There Yet? Women and Equality in in Aotearoa , currently on display at Auckland Museum. ... More >>
Are We There Yet?
Monday, 23 July 2018, 12:39 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum continues to explore the ideas and themes sparked by the Are We There Yet? exhibition with a full day symposium on intersectional feminism and LATE 2018 smart talks around #MeToo and a conversation with Helen Clark. More >>
International Museum Day sees the launch of Raranga Matihiko
Friday, 18 May 2018, 9:57 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Today marks the global event, International Museum Day which aims to raise awareness about the importance of museums in society. The theme for International Museum Day 2018 is Hyperconnected Museums which aligns with the Auckland Museum’s five year ... More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum commemorates Anzac Day 2018
Monday, 23 April 2018, 2:15 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Four long years of bloody conflict came to an end in 1918, but not before the First World War had claimed the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians. More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum announces new Chairperson
Monday, 23 April 2018, 1:58 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Auckland War Memorial Museum today announced the appointment of Orchid Atimalala to the role of Trust Board Chairperson, succeeding outgoing Chair Dr William Randall. Ms Atimalala will assume the role effective immediately. More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum Puts WWII Records Online
Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 9:05 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
More than 100,000 WWII Army records are being made freely available for the first time through Online Cenotaph . Auckland Museum is inviting the public to add what they know to the records of New Zealand servicemen and women who served in the Second ... More >>
New WWI Gallery to Open at Auckland War Memorial Museum
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 8:39 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, Auckland War Memorial Museum opens a new gallery on October 10th, Pou Kanohi New Zealand at War, an enduring legacy of the First World War centenary period. More than 18,000 lives ... More >>
NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grants 2017
Friday, 4 August 2017, 3:20 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Two WRITERS RESEARCH grants are now open for applications for writers working on a project that can utilise the considerable facilities and resources of the Auckland Museum Library as part of the manuscript’s development. These grants are offered ... More >>
Auckland Museum hosts NZ's first official Wikimedian
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 1:37 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland Museum has hosted New Zealand’s first official Wikimedian-in-Residence . Susan Tolich of Victoria University has been working at the Museum for five weeks to enlist the Wikimedia community to utilise the Museum’s open collections and ... More >>
Auckland War Memorial Museum wins two national awards
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 12:28 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Last night Auckland Museum was recognised with two awards at the annual 2017 ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards, held at a gala function after the MA17 Museums Aotearoa conference, He Waka Eke Noa – Museums of Inclusion. More >>
Commemorate Anzac Day 2017 at Auckland War Memorial Museum
Thursday, 13 April 2017, 9:30 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
2017 marks 100 years since the battles of The Western Front. 2000 New Zealanders were killed and thousands were wounded in the battles for Messines and Passchendaele. More >>
Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journey
Friday, 9 December 2016, 11:42 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Explore the dynamic stories of Chinese life in New Zealand in Being Chinese in Aotearoa: A photographic journey , a new exhibition celebrating 175-years of Chinese New Zealanders. More >>
Max Gimblett’s Art of Remembrance on display at Museum
Tuesday, 20 September 2016, 9:38 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
The highly popular WWI commemoration project The Art of Remembrance has a new home at Auckland War Memorial Museum. From today, artist Max Gimblett’s commemorative art installation becomes Te Pourewa Whakamaharatanga, The Tower of Remembrance, installed ... More >>
Night at Auckland Museum: Time Warped
Friday, 9 September 2016, 10:34 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Calling all families! Bring a torch and your wildest imagination to explore Auckland Museum after hours at Night at Auckland Museum: Time Warped. More >>
Artists Areta Wilkinson and Te Rongo Kirkwood at Museum
Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 3:28 pm | Auckland War Memorial Museum
The exhibition Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu - Artists Areta Wilkinson and Te Rongo Kirkwood at Auckland Museum is closing soon at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. More >>
Auckland Museum marks digital milestone of Future strategy
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 9:43 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Future Museum strategy has marked another milestone in delivery with close to one million records now free and available to the public online. More >>
Sit & Knit at Auckland Museum this June!
Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 11:01 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum is hosting a ‘Sit & Knit’ with community sewing initiative Sew Love to promote the WWI Centenary Exhibition, Home Front . More >>
Volume: Making Music in Aotearoa
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 9:22 am | Auckland War Memorial Museum
A partnership with the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, Volume is the first major exhibition to tell the story of popular music in Aotearoa. More >>